Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

वासुदेवो जगद्योनिर्जगतां कारणं परम् । विष्णोः प्रसादात्तज्जातं सुराणां कार्यसिद्धिदम्

Transliteration

vāsudevo jagadyonirjagatāṃ kāraṇaṃ param | viṣṇoḥ prasādāttajjātaṃ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhidam

Translation

Vāsudeva ist der Schoß der Welt, die höchste Ursache aller Schöpfung. Durch Viṣṇus Gnade geschah dies und verlieh den Göttern die Erfüllung ihres Vorhabens.

Word by Word

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगद्योनिः: source/womb of the world
• जगद्योनिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-योनि (प्रातिपदिक); जगत् + योनि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपद (appositional to वासुदेवः)

• जगताम्: of the worlds/beings
• जगताम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कारणम्: cause
• कारणम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying कारणम्)

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from grace/favor
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying जातम्)

• जातम्: born, arisen
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicative)

• सुराणाम्: of the gods
• सुराणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• कार्यसिद्धिदम्: granting accomplishment of tasks
• कार्यसिद्धिदम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य-सिद्धि-द (प्रातिपदिक); कार्य + सिद्धि + द
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying जातम्/तत्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A theological tableau: Vāsudeva as cosmic source—universe emerging from him; devas receiving fulfillment through Viṣṇu’s grace, shown as a radiating blessing gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Viṣṇu
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine work succeeds through divine grace; the supreme cause supports dharmic outcomes beyond mere effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a direct tirtha reference; it supplies theological framing within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is doctrinal, emphasizing prasāda (grace) and cosmic causality.